like in hindi if you want to say close the door (darvaza) forcefully (with power) - you'd say darvaja ko "jor" se bandh karo... or if you wanted to tell someone why the fuck are you shouting so loudly at me - you'd say why the fuck are you so "jor" se shouting at me? kind of... its nice - jor bagh --- power garden (yup bagh usually means garden - unless you're thinking in swahili :-)
I have consulted the in-house Expert – he has lived in Delhi since the mid-fifties and knows a thing or two – and he says, “unlikely to mean Jor as in Zor … more likely to be a name of some sort.” He looked it up online but got uncertain results. But “Bagh” is garden. So we’re inching closer! (Something) Garden!
Thank you so much for gracing our Biblio-cave ✨📚 Can't wait for the weekend already. We shall keep our towels at hand 😁
HOOPY FROOD!!!
Oh! You’re a True Believer too, Susan?? Good to know!
Oh--I read that book a really really long time ago, so I didn't know the reference. I just like the WORDS. : )
Is "jor" as in "power"?
*grin* I don’t think so!! But I’ll ask those who are more in the know…
like in hindi if you want to say close the door (darvaza) forcefully (with power) - you'd say darvaja ko "jor" se bandh karo... or if you wanted to tell someone why the fuck are you shouting so loudly at me - you'd say why the fuck are you so "jor" se shouting at me? kind of... its nice - jor bagh --- power garden (yup bagh usually means garden - unless you're thinking in swahili :-)
“Power Garden” sounds about right for that address! It’s a pretty powerful area … but … I don’t think Jor in this case has that meaning.
ask 'em?
I have consulted the in-house Expert – he has lived in Delhi since the mid-fifties and knows a thing or two – and he says, “unlikely to mean Jor as in Zor … more likely to be a name of some sort.” He looked it up online but got uncertain results. But “Bagh” is garden. So we’re inching closer! (Something) Garden!